In African village, the sound of modernity arrives via cellphone 31.01.2008 / Wireless & Mobile Canadian Press - GONO, Mali - I sat on a palm-frond mat with two friends, waiting for the charcoal stove to bring the tea to a boil as the sun set over a nearby cliff. The call to evening prayer rang out over the village - an echoing man's voice punctuated only by singsong greetings of women making social rounds before dinner - and then a cellphone rang.
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